According to a federal jury in Chicago, this frivolous patent is worth $521 million.
It is:
"A system allowing a user of a browser program on a computer connected to an open distributed hypermedia system to access and execute an embedded program object."
In plain language, it's a bleeping patent on plugins for web browsers. Is that novel enough to warrant patent protection? I don't think so. Compare this to a Korean company that came up with a way to shoo mosquitos away by generating sound from cellphones. Now THAT is worth awarding a patent on and their $600K per month revenue is honestly earned money. Not THIS crappy patent that could cost us half a billion dollars via Microsoft Tax.